USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
16618000 Kahakuloa Stream near Honokohau, Maui, HI
LOCATION - Lat 20°58'43.3", long 156°33'16.2" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Maui County, HI, Hydrologic Unit 20020000, on right bank 0.5 mi downstream from Kapuna Stream, 1.3 mi south of Kahakuloa, 2.0 mi west of Puu Makawana, and 4.3 mi southeast of Honokohau.
DRAINAGE AREA - 3.40 mi². from automated delineation using 10-meter National Elevation Dataset digital elevation model data dated September 2006 and Watershed Boundary Dataset dated May 2008, using UTM Zone 4 projection, NAD 83 horizontal datum. 3.47 mi² at the slope area reach.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1319: 1948, 1949(M). WSP 1569: Drainage Area. WDR HI-10-1: Drainage Area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - July 1939 to August 1943, September 1947 to November 1970, December 1974 to current year. Records for January 1913 to December 1914 (fragmentary) at site 1.0 mi upstream not equivalent owing to difference in drainage areas.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Elevation of gage is 330 feet above mean sea level (from topographic map).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 4,530 ft³/s, March 9, 2012, gage height, 12.42 ft; minimum, 2.7 ft³/s, January 22, 28, 29, February 10,
12, 13, 1985.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - 1975 to 1996, 2012, 2015 to current year.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - 2012, 2013, 2016 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Water temperature sensor, 2012, 2013, 2016 to current year.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 23.6 degC, September 30, 2018; minimum, 15.0 degC, February 14, 2019.